Red Park is an unincorporated summer resort area of Onekama Township

Onekama Township, Michigan

Onekama Township is a civil township of Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,514 at the 2000 census.- Communities :* The Village of Onekama is located within the township on the northeast side of Portage Lake...

, Manistee County

Manistee County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,527 people, 9,860 households, and 6,714 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 14,272 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. It is located on the south shore of Portage Lake

Portage Lake (Michigan)

Portage Lake is a natural lake, located in Onekama Township in Manistee County, Michigan. The village of Onekama, Michigan is situated at the northeastern end of the lake.-History:...

 at 44°21′07"N 86°14′34"W, between Wick-A-Te-Wah

Wick-A-Te-Wah, Michigan

Wick-A-Te-Wah is an unincorporated summer resort area of Onekama Township, Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on the south shore of Portage Lake at , between the Portage Lake Bible Camp Camp Delight on the East and Red Park on the west.-History:Mr. H...

 on the east and next to Camp Tosebo.

History

Red Park was established in the early 1900s by a man named Davis as a summer resort colony for people in Manistee, Michigan

Manistee, Michigan

Manistee is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,586. It is the county seat of Manistee County. The name "Manistee" is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county. The derivation is not certain, but it may be from...

. The original resort consisted of a small store operated by Mr. and Mrs. James Sandenberg, the only permanent residents, who also acted as the caretaker of the collection of small summer cottages. A bandstand was built in the center of the resort, before 1910.

Early summer residents

Among the earliest summer residents of this area were the following families:

• Cron
• Probeck
• Shaw